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diff --git a/system/kvm-kmod/README b/system/kvm-kmod/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..7ac9a5a737bd --- /dev/null +++ b/system/kvm-kmod/README @@ -0,0 +1,9 @@ +KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine) is a full virtualization solution +for Linux on x86 hardware containing virtualization extensions +(Intel VT or AMD-V). + +KVM consists of a loadable kernel module, 'kvm.ko', that provides the +core virtualization infrastructure and a processor specific module, +'kvm-intel.ko' or 'kvm-amd.ko'. This package builds new 'kvm' modules +and headers for older kernels. The new 'kvm' modules do not overwrite +the Slackware pre-built 'kvm' modules. |